Secure Communication in Civil Drones

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Part of the Communications in Computer and Information Science book series (CCIS, volume 576)

Abstract

The drone technology is attracting an increasing attention in civil applications. Secure communication is a critical requirement in many scenarios to provide an acceptable level of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. In this chapter we first present a security analysis of civil drones. Then, a light-weight hardware solution is proposed to assure the confidentiality and integrity of both command data sent by the ground station and payload data transmitted by the drone. Using the developed prototype, finally, we investigate the impact of hardware accelerators on the power consumption of these power-constrained devices. We show that the advantage of hardware as a power-efficient computation platform is not necessarily valid for drones due to the extra hardware weight.

Keywords

Civil drones Security Cryptoengine Speedup Power consumption 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Abdulhadi Shoufan
    • 1
  • Hassan AlNoon
    • 2
  • Joonsang Baek
    • 1
  1. 1.Electrical and Computer Engineering DepartmentKhailfa UniversityAbu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates
  2. 2.Advanced Technology Consultancy L.L.CEmirates Advanced Investment Group L.L.CAbu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates

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